22 attorneys general oppose 3M settlement over water systems contamination with ‘forever chemicals’
Attorneys asked a federal court to reject the proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contaminated water.
Attorney General Josh Kaul joins multistate coalition supporting defense of Title X program
Kaul joined a multistate coalition supporting the Biden Administration's appeal of a Texas court ruling that restricted Title X's ability to serve Texan adolescents.
Federal judges get long-awaited raises
All federal judges have received a long-awaited 14-percent pay raise, as years of catch-up cost-of-living adjustments were added to their paychecks, according to Bloomberg News.
State gets 8K in settlement from off-label claims
Wisconsin's Medicaid program will recoup more than $8,000 in a nationwide settlement resulting from a whisteblower action filed in federal court.
Jurors award more than $10M in patent infringement dispute
Plaintiffs Rockwell Automation Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc., an Ohio corporation, filed a lawsuit Nov. 16, 2010, in federal court against defendants Germantown-based WAGO Corp. and its German parent company, WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG.
Federal court orders more access to GOP computers
A federal court has given groups suing the state broad access to computers used by the Republican-controlled Legislature to redraw political boundaries in 2011.
Cedarburg man to pay $30 million in Ponzi scheme, faces federal sentence next week
A Cedarburg man who defrauded two Illinois lawyers in a three-year investment scheme must pay them $30 million in punitive damages, a Polk County, Mo., jury decided Tuesday.
Woman gets prison for payroll tax violations
An eastern Wisconsin business owner will spend about a year in prison for failing to pay taxes that had been withheld from employees' wages.
Atheist group files lawsuit over church tax status
The Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the Internal Revenue Service is giving unconstitutional preferential treatment to churches and other religious organizations.
Madison-based Atheist group sues over religious electioneering (UPDATE)
A federal lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin-based group representing atheists and agnostics argues that the Internal Revenue Service is violating the U.S. Constitution by allowing tax-exempt churches and religious organizations to get involved in political campaigns.
Madison-based atheist-agnostic group leads lawsuit to stop meeting prayers
A lawsuit on behalf of two Hamilton County residents seeks to stop the County Commission from praying at its meetings.
Qualified immunity decision leaves retaliatory arrest issue unsettled
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to clearly answer the question of whether plaintiffs can bring First Amendment-based retaliatory arrest claims despite the existence of probable cause.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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